County profile
Hancock County, IA
United States · GDP 2024
#1691 of 3,127 US counties by GDP59th-percentile growthmore diversified than 22% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$1.2B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+5.1%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
3,643
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
302
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$55.9k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
10,528
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
2.6%
Median HH income
$70.6k±$3.2k
Bachelor's degree+
20.5%±3.0%
Poverty rate
12.2%±2.3%
Business applications
90 · 2025
Retail establishments
35
33.0/10k pop
Public companies headquartered here
SEC EDGAR · FMPCompanySectorRevenueEA
No public companies loaded for this state yet — universe expands with the full ingest.
HQ-based placement with total (global) headcount — local employment attribution needs firmographic data; the industry mix at right is measured county data (CBP).
Industry mix · employment
Manufacturing40%
Health care18%
Professional services14%
Retail trade13%
Other services9%
Transportation6%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
10,528
residents · 2025 · -2.2% since 2020
Income per capita $68.2k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−185
International migration+35
Natural change−81
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$803.1M2019
$750.0M2020
$939.2M2021
$1.2B2022
$1.1B2023
$1.2B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$141.4k±$15.6k
Median gross rent
$736/mo±$26/mo
Vacancy rate
8.7%±2.4%
Affordability
2.5× wages
Residential permits
$2.8M
7 units · 0.7/1k pop
FEMA risk score
28.8
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$919/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Drought 95Winter weather 66Cold wave 66
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
2472016
2582017
2702018
2842019
2882020
3122021
3702022
4022023
4112024
4032025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↑ 75% since 202142021
72022
162023
132024
72025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
31.1 km
I-35
Nearest freight rail
2.1 km
CPKC
Nearest port
190.8 km
RED WING GRAIN ELEVATOR DOCK
Nearest commercial airport
33.8 km
MASON CITY MUNI
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$55.9k
avg. annual pay · +22% since 2019
Nearby & same-state counties
by GDP rankThe read
What is the GDP of Hancock?
Hancock's economy produced $1.2B in 2024, growing 5.1% year over year — about the middle of the pack among US counties. Its largest employment sector is manufacturing.
GDP: BEA (2024), USD-normalized · Jobs/employers/wages & industry mix: Census CBP (2023) · Population & migration: Census PEP · Income: BEA CAINC1 · Companies: SEC EDGAR + FMP, by HQ.